Button



WITNESSES Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

INVENTOR A'ITORNEY UNITED STATES ATET FRANK A. ROBERTS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 3, 1920. Serial No. 393,877.

central opening through which a portion of the garment or other material is projected, and the button formed with an annular groove surrounding said opening and adapted to accommodate the terminals of a fastening pin or the like which is passed through a portion of the material projecting through the opening in the button, so as to attach the button to the garment without sewing the same thereon.

Another object of importance resides in the construction and arrangement of parts so that the fastening pin can be wholly arranged within the area of the button and between the opposed sides thereof, so that no part of the pin is exposed.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is read in connec tion with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, com bination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing'forming part of this application like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the button constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view therethrough.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the button associated with the garment or fabric.

Fig. i is a bottom plan view of the button.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10

indicates a button which may be constructed from any suitable material and also of any desired configuration, the button being provided with a central opening 11 and an annular groove 12. This groove is arranged on one side of the button and surrounds the opening ll'for the purpose to be presently described. The pin 13 is utilized in securing the button to a fabric, thus eliminating the necessity of sewing the button thereto, the pin being fitted within the groove 12 subsequent to being passed through the fabric in the manner shown in Fig. 3. In the use of the button, a portion of the fabric Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

is projected through the opening 11 of the buttonfrom the bottom thereof, after which the pin'l3 is passed through that portion of the fabric projecting through the opening- 11, and the terminals of the pin subsequently snapped into the groove 12. One wall of the groove is slightly tapered at its side to prevent casual separation of the pin from the groove, thus holding the button secured to the garment or fabric14.. It will be noted that the pin 13 is wholly disposed within the area of the button, and also arranged between theopposed faces so that no part of the pin is exposed to engage obstacles or garments with which the button may come in contact, and also eliminates any possibility of the hands or fingers of the user being injured. The button is extremely simple in construction and may be manufactured and sold at a nominal cost.

While it is believed that from the .fore-.

going description, the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown and.

described and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim is:

In combination, a button having a central opening adapted to receive a fold of a piece of fabric, and also having an annular groove surrounding said opening, a pin adapted to be passed through the fold in the fabric and having its terminals snapped into said groove, one wall of the groove being tapered inwardly to prevent casual separation of'the pin from the button, and said pin being wholly disposed within the area of the button between the opposed faces thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK A]. ROBERTS. 

